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Netsuke: Tanuki inside a chestnut

Netsuke: Tanuki inside a chestnut

Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsL: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.257
Not on View
DescriptionLarge green bellied, Tanuki in cave-like structure. Banko ware; earthenware with clear and yellow glazes.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Checklist, p. 55 and (det.) p. 76, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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